Updated: Cuomo vetoed legislative pork in this year's budget

Updated: Syracuse -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vetoed 129 items in the current budget after contending lawmakers snuck in extra "member items," traditional spending for pet projects that state leaders have capped in recent years.

But legislative officials contend the 129 items are not new but previously approved items that had yet to be paid out. Of the 129, seven items are related to education and library aid.

The vetoes, which Cuomo announced in a news release this morning, would stop $3.1 million in spending, legislative officials say. The bulk of that spending is duplicative spending in education aid, Cuomo argued in his vetos.

Other projects the governor vetoed include member items sponsored by Republican and Democratic lawmakers from both the Assembly and the Senate. Most of the projects -- 99 of the 129 -- were sponsored by Democratic senators but added up to just $152,000 of the $3.1 million, legislative officials say.